Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.

Those who recite prayers do not pray from their heart but are heard to say the words of the prayers that someone wrote down some time ago.

There will always be a door to the light.

The inmates made jokes about the chair, the way people always make jokes about things that frighten them but can't be gotten away from.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

....avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!" -Angela

It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.

Respect all fear none my pride is everything

I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.